Federal agency

National Endowment for the Humanities

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01^†

† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.

Federal agency · top-tier · the money flowing out to recipients.

Fiscal year

$174.3M

Obligated

FY2026 · data still posting

Recipients

1,287

Awards

Sub-agencies

In FY2026, the National Endowment for the Humanities obligated $174.3M in federal awards to 32 recipients across 1,287 awards. Its largest recipient was Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia, with 5% of the total. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting. Computed

Top recipients

Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia$10.3M

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$10.1M

University of Texas at Austin$10M

Trustees of Indiana University$6.4M

Ohio State University, the$5M

University of Tennessee$3M

University of South Carolina$1.8M

The Trustees of Princeton University$1.1M

Baylor College of Medicine$579.5K

Georgetown University$495.5K

Recipient breakdown available for 29% of obligations shown

How it spends

awards by typeComputed

1,249grants

38contracts

What it funds

Promotion of the Humanities Federal/State Partnership$44M

Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs$42.9M

Promotion of the Humanities Research$42.5M

Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants$19.2M

Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access$16.4M

Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development$2.6M

Promotion of the Humanities Fellowships and Stipends$2.3M

National Endowment for the Humanities: Scholarly Editions and Translations$2M

Key takeaways

Computed

FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01

The National Endowment for the Humanities obligated $174.3M in FY2026, compared with $72.9M in FY2025.
It ranked #34 among federal agencies by obligations in FY2026 (data still posting).
Its largest recipient was Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia, with 5% of the total.
Grants made up 97% of its 1,287 recorded awards.

Obligations by year

Computed

$199.7M

FY20

$214.2M

FY21

$196.8M

FY22

$167.8M

FY23

$166.3M

FY24

$72.9M

FY25

$174.3M

FY26 partial

▼ 63%

FY20 to FY25

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